The second season begins with 12 new groomers ready to compete. Their first challenge: groom Saint Bernards using only household tools they find in a neighborhood.
The salon is trashed, and the contestants are tasked with finding all the safety violations. In the elimination challenge, the players must correct botched grooming jobs. Kendra Wilkinson serves as a guest judge.
The groomers learn the art of dog massage and put their new skills to test on a group of rambunctious Jack Russell terriers. Later, the contestants must satisfy bizarre client requests during the grooming challenge.
The contestants are tasked with inventing innovative grooming tools and presenting them to a marketing bigwig. In the grooming challenge, the players must trim matted poodle mixes with vacuum clippers.
The players must create topknots on an assortment of breeds, and their work is judged by 2008's winner, Artist Knox. Later, the contestants are tasked with grooming a pooch wedding party.
The contestants are tasked with teaching grooming techniques to a group of 10-year-olds. Back at the salon, the players must style older dogs to make them appear youthful. Janice Dickinson serves as a guest judge.
The contestants are charged with sprucing up hard-to-control potbellied pigs. Later, the players try to make overweight dogs appear thinner using anatomy-grooming techniques.
The contestants spruce up homeless shelter dogs for an adoption event attended by comedian Margaret Cho. Later, the players must groom search-and-rescue dogs in just 45 minutes without using soap or water.
The players bond with basset hounds during an obedience class and then must identify them amid a group of similar dogs. Later, the contestants are tasked with styling dogs to look like their owners.
Green-themed challenges have the contestants shaving pooches with clippers powered by electricity-generating bikes, and hitting the road in a hybrid grooming mobile.
The three remaining players are tasked with creating grooming-instruction videos and receive guidance from TV host Samantha Harris. Later, Season 1 champ Artist Knox advises the contestants over dinner; and the players must style bichons frises in accordance with AKC breed standards.
In the second-season finale, the two remaining players endure a dog-show boot camp. The winner is determined after the final challenge: prepping rare and difficult-to-groom breeds for show.
A Season 2 recap featuring highlights and never-before-seen footage.